Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1955 Page: 1 of 8
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TNI «orfo«
of the Week
kf the Week to the
Icott Co pel and, local
I ..i to all of tho com
fcirmen, captain* ami
hose concentrated co-
fniaoc the March of
sin-cos, that it has
lastrop and Orchids,
(•v inilividual who con
yhether the amount ,
ior small, to .send the
little further in their
[jl -I a dlead 'I i'ii i
hi year > ago, the Ad
■a the red together a
[stomal material, re
Jastrop and Bastrop
•ndtng to publish a
Historical Edition on
}ithday in March 1
It f a ahortagc of la
Scatne lliipo sible to
book a> it wax plan-
time, and since we
he natwfled with a
|^i>- trie hi-.ti.ry, we
Bpgp mat it' time there
way to carry out our
leant one. t • Ha 'I rop
s Society has become
{collecting and filing
liatei >ai. at.«! we > i.r
were interested 111
■ jK'rmanent way of
i information m tiieir
reference So, work-
'U'la! of their Mem
olved the plan A I ich
|u, effcct in the \d
Week
Uc the Advertiser will
of hi*tor>. storm#
information from
I a tad by the His
t ami ..iI ,
all available mfor-
•wen publnhfi, which
ituhap'- five or six
'W vmi' stories will
in book form and the
1 be nold by the
the Historical Six
B Oil
n attract.v«. !oo o
g ■<> ths
i>- be printift and a*i
> book later on. a
urination is gathered
I ' 0 an mt* •
}rig <> the page* | ia\
l . h week aruj it m i np
! of the dilatory
plan will t>e m >
for the A <tvfr r? i >e t.
mg the page o« t
bases with i> c« -
aor* at $1 <** . which
more than half '.he
page ad. which is
f tin, 11 ,
rshaae<) b> the week,
ly w*-ek % a on <(e
bstneas firn individ-
Itraniaatioris who are
Ntttd in helping with the
tfttion of a complete hi;
of Bfcntrop Countv
did bot have time to con
thaf. a few people on
rxhip deai for tin-,
ilinnv were hesitant
ly didn't exactly un
fhat it would • * like
running it t* this
only eight sponsor*,
interested n adding
or your firm name
either now or later,
le Advertiser office,
[a note The member*
-teal So< ic-t y a> Well
irrti er will greatly
Mir help ami cooper
frying out thi- pia.
K%rt '
One Hundred and Second Year
BASTROP (TEXAS) ADVERTISER, FEBRUARY 3, 1955
I Oc Per Copy
NUMBER 49
ft '!•'
BASTROP'S NEW 1904 Chev
rolet 2 Ton Fire Truck, purch
used recently by the city, is
equipped with a Hale pump, with
a pumping rat«- of "Sill gallons,
per nimute, according to Clyde
Final Tribute Paid Otto B. Wolf
Otto Bernard Wolf. >3, life
long resident of Bastrop, pas
ed uvsav at the local hospital
on January .'Ji at 10:47 p. in.,
from the effects of a heart
at tact following a short illnes.
I- literal ervici were held at
10 o'clock Tuesday morning, Jan-
uary J"i, from Sacred Heart Cat-
holic Church here, with the Kev
S OToole O M D of Elgin,
offioating Burial was in Fair
view cemetery
l'all l«*arer- in charge al the
church service# wer Jack Grie
tMtbi-ck, l,eo (>tt. ( ail Spooner,
burr: Schaofor, t'harlie Miller,
M M Perkins, Will J Boners,
Ja* p Wsvl and Joe liathman
Military graveside .services
wi re conducted b> Chaplain R.
Scott t o|x land, with American
legion members E. h l'i-arry,
< lyd' no Ida, Dewey Turner,
Tom ( haincr t Johnnie Hof
mini, J« *e Daw son, <' B. May
nard and Jack tlricsenbeck. *er
vi!\^ as pall jM-arei A number
of honorary pall bearer* were
alao named.
survivors are his w fe, Mr
I'mnta Jobnaor. Wolf, a no ,« *on,
Ben J Wolf, a senior student at
SWTSC in San Marco- Sur
vimiik brother* are T K Wolf,
Corpus Chrtati, VS J Wolf, Auj-
11 r-, hil Wolf and J. A Wolf,
Bar-! rop.
Mr Wolf was born al Ba-trop,
Septemlw-r ti, lHSJi, the on of
August Wolf and Mathilda Fris-
ke Wolf (hi June S, hi wa.s
unitisj in marriage with Emma
I' Johnson at Sacnsti Heart
Church, Rockne. The B«-\ F. S.
Strotwl performed tl< ceremony..
Being a barber by profession,
Mr Wolf owned an.! op< faU-il
the Wolf liartN'i Shop here,
where h«- worked up until the
time of his death
Outsuie of hi* dutn a- a bar
her, he was deeply interested in
church work, being a member
of Sjii riNl Heart Catholic t'hurch.
lie entered World 1, \ugllSt
1H17 and served oversea until
re Service
Jow met". ' aire . f
recently registered
Ijix-al Boaivi No K
In their eightee< (
jgFilker, I>in< (>i-:
Cook. Smithvtlie
Rp'- rt:, Elgin
i* RMh Ms, Elgin
'fy 9' Molett, Sotnerville
,*3' Hilcher. Smithvilli
>NDl«gi W Demhone. Caldwell
«• V, Flores, Figin
HL.®SMa< k, Tang.i won.l
|R. Malusi hka. Dime
Bittner, (iwiiiinKi
r'loud, CiikhiiK
(iwih, Dime Ito*
in jC Itachke, I'aigi-
- C. Mt I.incoln
i1* IMi*ro, Caldwell
oh n>' on, Ta ng lew ooil
loiierson, Lincoln
pitnpson, .11 . Cidding
flow are the name .
Its of Texas Hoard
bo were recently in
the Army:
Hopper, Elgin
•on, Jr., I.yona
|iui s, Ciddinns
Itephens, Smithville
T. Enirorich, (iiddlniya
|l l^-hmann. Dime
hirrenbergwr, Jr., (Jid
Schneider, Jr., <ii<i
I Wendland, I.emng
National Magazine Points To
Orange, Texas, For Solutions
Of Juvenile Delinquency
Iroya organic mater
|l oigaiiism-i ami a
Ml Iohhch.
The pontive action taken by
th>- people of Orange, Texas, in
preventing juvenile delinquency
i« called to national attention in
the current (January l' thi is
sue of The Saturday I-'.vening
Boat
It i* cited by Richari! « leti-
denen. Executive Dire<tor, and
Herbert W Header, Chief < "oun
.el, of the 1 S. Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee to Investigate Juv
enile I leliliquericy. in their re
port on the appalling upsurge of
teen age crime in this country.
In the scond of five part* of
"The Shame of America." they
contract Orange's experience
with that of other citie where
the crime rate has rir-en sharply
in the .>iike of sudden populat
loti un teases and offer it as a
demonstration of what can be
done by an alert community.
Orange, the I'o-t article states,
hail only 7500 population in 1940,
hut during the war it <hot up
to .'15,000 within a <mgle year.
In other word*, the vast changes
that have taken place in the
United States in the last fifty
years were, to a certain extent,
being enacted suddenly ami in an
extreme form in this city.
"It was perhaps liecausc the
danger was so great that it was
clearly i.een in id\aii«e and
handled energetically by the
community under the leadership
of J W Fiigar, who is now-
State Commissioner of Fducat
ion," the co author** sa\
They outline how a child wel-
fare committee was formed ami
instead of permitting children to
get into <c*'iOus trouble, it moved
in at the first ^ign of truancy
o r misbehavior, studied the
chilli's problem and especially
looked into conditions in his
home
They made tire the potential
ly wayward child was placed in
the proper tudv group and
joiioxl children of th" proper age
on the playgrounds They or
ganir.ed training and recreation
programs for older boys and
girls who otherwise would have
left school to take weil paying
jobs,
"There was very little jtivcn
! lie delinquency in Orange dur
nig the period of inflated pop
: ulation," Clendeiiett and Keaser
I say, "and the parents as well
h* children were given a new
I concept of orderly living and
family responsibility."
Baseball Meeting To
Be Held Feb. 8th
Anyone interested in Little
I league or I'ony l<eague base
ball are asked to he at a meet-
ing at the City Hall on Tues-
day, February 8, at 7:tf0 p. m.
Man Living Out On Walnut Creek
Surprised To Discover Bastrop
Still Has A Newspaper
Reynolds, Fire Chief. It carries
• CO t: a lions of water with wet-
ting agent for emergency fire
fighting Tie truck was pur
rha-ed from Aiibright Chevrolet
Company in Bastrop
April 10, ! i:i
He was the f,r.-l commander
of Clifford Mai-<i-.al! 1'ost, A
merican Legion, whi'-i; was or-
ganised 'ere following World
Wai I He was a charter mem-
Hei of that post, aiul a member
of James H I'eski American
Legion IVt ;> i.'l.
Being inteie,sti«d in the wel
fare «,f his town, he was a aiern
her of the Hastiop Volunteer
Fire Department, the Chamber
of (,'< mrr.eii e, and \a named
an honorary citizen of Father
Flanribgar Hi.yV Town at Ne
bra.ska Othei than the e duties,
Mr Wolf alway found time in
• is quit t easy going manner to
be a friend to hi- fellow citizens.
For hi.- many deisi - of kind-
le- he never sought publicity
or praise To feel the deep sat-
i^faction that he had done some-
thing to help others was the
only reward that he wanted, and
no greater tribute could be paid
anyone than the sentiment, >'*■
pre-^ed by in- many friends,
that hi was a fine and honor
, able man.
Out of town relative- and
friends attending the funeral
were K J Wolf. San Vngelo;
Koiwrt Wolf. T L. Wolf. Mr
and Mrs. C B Wolf, ( orpus
Chrifti, Mr. and Mrs June.
Wolf and family, Harry M. John
son, Mrs Jack Combs, Keno L.
Diet*, Houston: Mrs. Carl Slack.
J B. Slack, Mr and Mr H. B.
Slack, Denton,
W J Wolf, Austin; Mr and
Mrs li S. Klau-, Ella Seahoim,
Mrs J S Robinson, Austin,
la*slie 1 W illiams, Brenham;
Mrs F.dd> White Sr , Mrs. hsl-
<lie White Jr. Texas City; Mi
and Mrs (ieorge Stavinoha, Mr
and Mt Roy Weige, I .a Orange;
Monroe Hendrix, Taylor; Jim
Harlow, Hunt, .James D. Smith,
Briggs, Mr .1 tiehring arui An
thony 1. 0« iring, Waco, and a
host of friends and relatives
from many other town*.
Editor's note: A man living
out on Walnut Creek who signs
himself "J. A." and says he is
referred to as the Walnut Creek
Philosopher has written us the
following letter and has offered
to write others. We will let our
readers he the judge of whether
we might to give this fellow
pace every week. The letter fol
lows, in his own language, in
suits and all.
Dear <iiita. :
1 was >itting out here in the
.un the other afternoon watch-
in a newspaper bein blown a-
Iong the ground h\ the wind
and I got to wonderin if I'd
read it yet but didn't want to
get up to see as there ain't no
use exertin yourself unnecessari
ly in th,"se days of man power
shortage.^, but latei in the day
it blew over close to where 1
was and since I was gonna
change positions anyway I lean-i
ed over and picki"d it up and
was urprised to find it a re
c i is ue of the Adverti.-er, as
1 am frank to say I didn't know
Ba-trop still had a newspaper
a J had been depend in exclus-
ively on the Austin American
until they stopped rny paper in
l'.U2 *iini don't consider myself
no niori ignorant than the ed-
itar himself.
But since I have discovered
tr:• Advertiser is still in exist-
ence 1 figured you might bo ,
inter, ted ill an occasional let-
ter from me if we can agree on ]
a atisfactory pri< . which won't
necessarily tx> high as a think
in man can find lot.- to write
about without any trouble if
he is confronted with a choice 1
I
of writin or going up one row
and down another wearing him
self and hi.s tractor out like
some of my neighbors fightin
Johnson grass as though the
stuff could finally be whipped.
Speakin of Johnson grass, I
noticed a Congressman in Wash
ingtori claim* there are thous-
ands of acres of land overrun
with Johnson grass in this coun-
try due to strikes holdin up pro-
duction of farm equipment, and
while I ain't in favor of strikes
by the other fellow as the less
production there is the fewer
good ■ there is to sell and the
less credit there is, I would like
to suggest to thi.- Congressman
that while maybe he can con-
vince hi* wife tiie strikes are
to blame for tre Johnson grass
on his farm, I ain't had 110 such
luck. My wife just bluntly tells
me I ain't using the equipment
I already got to no advantage
and mentions a lot of other
things which I am too much of
a gentleman to repeat, addin
that I'd have Johnson grass
don't make no difference if I
had ten thousand dollars worth
of equipment.
I'm in favor of this Congress-
man's eliminattn' Johnson grass,
but if he tiiinks eliminatin'
s.rikes will do it I'm afraid he
ain't takin no practical view of
the matter. We're liable to have
Johnson gras as long as a man
had rather prop his feet on the
porch than get corns on them
follow in his mule or on other
areas driving his tractor and
as far a I'm concerned that's
gonna be forever.
Sours faithfully,
J. A.
Local Dealer Services Held For
Marks 28 Years
With Fripidaire
D
Mr and Mrs. Bryan Sanders,
Mr and Mrs (j-.nriton Allen. Mr.
and Mrs. B. A Klr.ner Jr., and
Pai.I T. Jones attended the (Jen
erai Motors and Frigidaire Show
at the Thomas Jefferson High
School in San \ntonio on Fri
day of last week
Aftei the showing, a luncheon
and reception honoring the
Strau- Frank < wholesale dis
tributoi . and 12 Frigidaire
dealer* in south central Texas,
on their 25th anniversary, was
helii in the Soa.is Frank Com
[•any building in San Antonio.
Of the 131 dealers, and the
12 2"i year dealers, B. A. Elmer
Jr held the recoil of being the
longest with Frigidaire. He took
on the Frigidaire line three
years nfoii Straus Frank Co.
took it on in 1 >:10. Special re
cognition wa paid Mr. Flxner
in appreciation of his years with
Frigidaire.
Fourball Golf Meet
Held Here Sunday
V six under par 60 won top
honors in the ''entex fourball
golf meet here Sunday. It was
«ompiled b\ Jack MeCreary of
Austin, R I Bohannon of Bas
trop, Curti Bell of I ,oc k hart,
and Albert Ke el and Dr J
1- Stewart of (, tidings.
Si or.11 with • 69 were Ray
Pehl, Nov. IVrnunfols, O. W
Craddock, Smithv.lle. Tiny Fox,
I.ockha:! and M - k William-
son. Smithville
R M Durhin and Willie Kruo-
ger of \u::t,in, Paul Spitzenber
ger of (inklings and K William
son. Smithville. scored a 70 for
third place.
Eddie Lloyd of Austin won
pitching honors, with C. E. Wil
kins, Bastrop, -econd, and Leon
Joslm of Bergstroin AFB thirtl
Sixty nine players competed.
Mrs. Gossmonn New
Dance Instructor
At Studio Here
Mrs. Sally (lossmann of A us
tin is now instructor for Duval's
School of Dance here, filling the
vacancy of Mis- Shirley Wood,
who has taught here for tho
past two years
Classes are taught on Tucs
day of each week at the Ameri-
can 1/ogion ('enter. Kegistra
tion is open at all times, and
Mrs. S. 1. Brannon Jr. may be
coiitactinl for full details.
Agnes Huth At
Corpus Christi
Funeral .ervices for Agnes
\ ntoinet te Huth. 15, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Huth of
Corpus Christi, and granddaugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Schil
ling of Bastrop, were held there
at !0 o'clock Friday morning,
j January 28, with the Rev. (in-
gory B'oench officiating. Burial
was there in Seaside Memorial
Park
Agnes Antoinette passed away
following a short illness, at 12
o'clock noon on Tuesday. Jan
uary 25.
Pail bearers were her class
mates. William Clarkson, Rene
Soliz. Ralph Falcon, Samuel
Chamoor, ('lay Leidecke and
Herman Ahr,
Survivors include her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Huth; one
sifter. Mary Huth; two broth
ers. Philip Jr. and Charles A.
Huth; grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. A. Schilling. Bastrop,
ami a host of other relatives
and friends.
Agnes Antoinette was born on
September 1, lihiy, the daughter
of Philip and Inez Schilling
Huth. at Lordsburgh, New Mex-
ico. She moved to Nueces Coun-
ty, Texas, with her parents in
l; 41 She wa.s a member of the
C-atholic Church, and a student
in the Corpus Christi school.
Her untimely death was a great
shock to all of those who knew
her and loved her.
Friends and relatives from out
of town attending the funer
al were Mr. ami Mrs. A. A.
Schilling and Charles Schilling
of Bastrop; Mr. and Mrs. Dean
Davis, Miles Woods, Mr. ami
Mrs B C. Sandifer and daugh
tot-, Nancy and Lucy, Mrs. 1
rene McCreery, all of Klgin; and
Mrs 1> C. Iiong of Smithville,
Local Club Women
Attend Institute
In Austin
Mrs W. E. Maynard, board
member of the Fifth District,
Federal ion of Women's Clubs,
Mrs. S J. C. Higgins, president
of the Ladies Reading Circle,
and Mrs. H. N. Bell attendisi
the Women's Federation Club
Institute and luncheon held at
Texas Federation of Women's
t'tub* headquarters in Austin on
Tuesday of last week.
They heard interesting and en
lightening addresses given by
Mrs L E. Dudley, president of
the State Federation, Mrs. L.
I- Wagner of Corpus Christi,
Fifth District president, and oth-
CECII, LONG, new president of j C. V
the Ba-trop Chamber of Com i ,
... ,. i n..a ... ,i... dent,
ESKEW, retiring presi-
discuss plans for the com-
merce who was in.stall<>d at the |
annual banquet la.^t night and 1 ing year ii the organization.
Method Of Killing
Cut Ants To Be
Demonstrated
Brown O. Spivey, Lee Coun-
ty agent, will give demonstra
tions in the use of a new poison
for kihing cut ants in the fol-
lowing communities:
Fedor, Feb. 2, 9:00 a. m., on
Albert Urbans farm.
Lincoln, Feb. 2, at 2:00 p. m.,
on Herbert Frosch farm on
West Vegua.
lvex;n£ton, Feb. at 2:00 p.
m., on A. W Herter farm.
Tanglewood, Feb 4. at 9:00
a. m . at Trea«lwell Grocery.
Blue, Fej. 7, at 10:00 a. m.,
on Robert Lindeman farm.
Northrup. Feb. 9, at 9:00 a.
m., on John T Mitschke farm.
Manheim, Feb. 10, at 9:00 a.
in., on Charlie F Symmank
farm.
Dime Box. P'eb, 16, at 2:00
j). m. on Ernest Marburger farm.
Joel K. Kec: e. Bastrop Coun-
ty agent, urges all interested
persons to attend one of the a
bove demonstrations, as Bastrop
County plans to have the same
program. If you are interested
please call or come by the Bas-
trop County agent's office and
leave your name.
Local Banks Assist
With MOD Drive
Through the courtesy of the
First National Bank and the Cit
izens State Bank, the March of
Dimes campaign has been aid-
ed on Saturdays by the collec-
tion counters set up at each
bank. Customers at both places
of business have been willing
and generous in their contribu
tions.
Volunteer workers at the ta
bles have been Mrs. H. L. Per-
kins, Mrs. Matt Kreitz. Mrs.
Willie Belle Kennedy, Mrs. Bob
Roberts and Mrs. V'elma Hart
zell.
Cub Scouts assisted with the
polio test tube coin collectors.
Those helping were Donnie Long,
Jimmie Ireland, Meade Roberts,
W illiam Simpson, Murray Chris
tie, David Perkins, Freddie
Wright and Clark W right.
HOSPITAL NEWS
The following patients were
dismissed from the local hospi
tal during the past week:
Mrs. I.eRoy Creel and babj girl
Baby Michael Hope
N'.'ky Dungan, Elgin
Baby David Constantino
Olivia Burleson
Mi R. P. Perkins
Mr-. Steve Salik and baby girl
Ijiwrence McNeill
tius Keil
Mrs. Frank Denison
Bob Whit worth
Mrs. John Kunkel, Elgin
Mr.s. Thomas (ioortz and baby-
boy
Mrs Annie Brooks
Patients in the local hospital
at present are the following:
Robert Btvk
Frank Green
Mrs. M. A. McCombs
Ode 11 McMullin
I T PROFESSOR APPOINTED
TO STRENGTHEN FOREIGN
CULTURAL TIES
AUSTIN A University of
Texas professor is the first ap
pointee under a new U. S. In
formation Agency program to
strengthen cultural ties between
the U. S. and certain other
countries.
Dr. Lewis U. liunkc, director
of the Institute of Ijitm Ameri-
can Studies and distinguished
professor of Latin American
history,
Oldest Native
Born Citizen Dies
Here Tuesday
Mrs. T. C. Osborn, Bastrop's
oldest native born citizen, passed
a a ay at her home here Tuesday
morning about ii:;?0 o'clock. She
wa- ;>7 years of age.
Funeral services were held at
•1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
from the Hasler Funeral Home,
with the Rev. W. N. Schulse,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church, officiating.
Pall bearers were Clyde Rey-
nolds, Fred G. Haynio, Frank
Laake, Johnnie Hoffman, H. N.
Bell, William Higgins Jr., Rufus
Bryant and Sam J. C. Higgins.
Burial was in Fairview Ceme-
tery.
Mrs. Suzanna Isabella Smith-
w i c k O s b o r n w a s born at
Gravelly near Alum Creek on
December 19, 1867, and has lived
in Bastrop County practically
all of her life.
Her mother, Mary Jane Cart-
w i ight, came to Texas from Ten-
nessee and her father, Alexander
A gusta Smithwick, came from
Mississippi. He was one of the
circuit rider preachers of the
Methodist Church, and was sent
to West Texas He was one of
the first preachers to die in the
West Texas Conference and was
buried near Sandy's Chapel, west
of San Antonio.
After her father died, the fam-
ily returned to Bastrop and she
and her two brothers and mo-
ther lived with her grand-
mother, Mrs. Suzanna Cart-
wright, at Sandy, near Sayers.
Her mother died when she was
five years old, and her grand-
mother died when she was
twelve; then she went to live
with her uncles and aunts across
the river at the Mitchell farm.
She married Thomas Claiborne
Osborn. who was scalped by the
Indians at the age of twelve
years, but who lived to tie an old
man. Tom Osborn also had a
narrow escape with the Indians
near Burnett when he was &
young boy. He passed by a whole
family by the name of White,
and they were being scalped by
Indians. He happened to be on
a fast horse and outran them,
lie saw them throw the baby
of the family into the bushes,
and later he returned to lead
the pareut.s to find the child.
Tom Osborn was one of the
old trail drivers, and went up
the Chiaholm Ft ail seven times
on horseback, driving cattle to
market. He went as tar as Wy
oming on one trip.
They built the home in Bas
trop in IBM. where Mrs. Osborn
lived until her death There they
eeleorated tnen sixtieth wedding
anniversary in October, HW.H, ami
the following year, Mr. Osboru
paa&od away.
To them were born three child
ren, two girls and one hoy. The
, boy died in infancy and Mis*
Mary Osborn, the oldest child,
died in 19.>2, at tho age of 72
She is survived by her other
daughter, Mrs. Belle Osborn 'tur-
ner; a granddaughter. Mrs, W
K. Gore, and great gramldaugh
! tor, Miss Kay Gotv
"Soil cannot i>e considered as
i soil alone. I'oople live on it.
they own it. rent it, plow and
! cultivate it, harvest its crops,
and live upon tin fruits ot the
narvest. When Wie soil fails,
people sutler Kali crine Glov
or, "AMKRICA BEGINS A
I GAIN"
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